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Tales from the X-Bar Horse Camp. By 

 Will C. Barnes, Breeders' Gazette Press, 

 Chicago, Illinois. $2.50. 

 Fresh from the press, this collection of 

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The History of Cuba. Published by B. F. 



Buck & Company, New York, in five 



volumes. 



This is the only history of Cuba that has 

 been written in any language in any way 

 approximating the full scope of the theme 

 A reviewer has said that it is more than 

 a history of Cuba it is a prelude to the 

 history of the United States, of the Ameri- 

 can continents, of the Western Hemisphere. 

 It antedates all other American history, 

 since Cuba was the first land reached by 

 Columbus the identity of which was never 

 in dispute, and all histories of the Western 

 world perforce begin with Cuba. It was 

 here that Columbus made his first explo- 

 ration of lands in the Western Hemisphere. 

 It was because of Cuba that Ojeda and 

 Eniscp planted colonies upon the South 

 American continent and that Balboa dis- 

 covered the Pacific and Pizarro conquered 

 Peru. It was from Cuba that Cortez pro- 

 ceeded to the conquest of Mexico, and 

 that De Sota planted colonies in Florida 

 and discovered the Mississippi River; and 

 finally in Cuba the rivalry between Spain 

 and England for American mastery was 

 fought to a finish. This history sets forth 

 for the first time in its fulness the story 

 of Cuba's rise from a colony to a nation, 

 a story of which even Cubans themselves 

 know little and the rest of the world al- 

 most nothing, but which in its bewildering 

 wealth of legendary lore, of tradition, of 

 authentic romance, adventure, heroism, 

 comedy and tragedy ranks well with that 

 of any land of earth. It tells for the first 

 it portrays finally the resources of the island, 

 its potentialities, its opportunities, its beau- 

 ties and charms, its political, social and in- 

 tellectual life. It proves unquestionably 

 how well worth while it will be to culti- 

 vate the acquaintance of Cuba the "Queen 

 of the Antilles" and to improve the un- 

 surpassed opportunities which she offers to 

 the investor, the colonist, the commerce of 

 the world as well as to the traveler in 

 quest of health, pleasure, delightful cli- 

 mate, wonderful scenery and all that one 

 of the most richly endowed lands of the 

 world can give. Dr. Willis Fletcher John- 

 son, the distinguished professor of the 

 History of Foreign Relations in New York 

 University, and recognized as one of the 

 most interesting and authoritative his- 

 torical writers in American literature is the 

 principal author and editor of the entire 

 work. 



